Blenheim Pound (The)

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Theme code Index	1H51H2H 3bH4H2H5H
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Peter Barnes
Book/Manuscript title	Book:English Country Dance Tunes vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 12
Year of publication/Date of MS	2005
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BLENHEIM POUND. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in London publisher John Young's editions the second volume of The Dancing Master, beginning in 1713 and continuing through the 4th edition, 1728. It also appears in Walsh's New Country Dancing Master, 2nd Book (London, 1710), and Walsh's Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master (London, 1719, 3rd edition 1735 & 1749). The title may refer to a pond ("pound") in Blenheim, as it does in the title "Packington's Pound" which does refer to pond. Indeed, there is a pond at the foot of the grand lawn leading up to Blenheim manor, Oxforshire.

Printed source: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; p. 12.

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